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John Allen Muhammad Dies in Virginia Execution Chamber

John Allen Muhammad
Derick Lane and his 11-year-old son Desmond, from Richmond, Va., protest the death penalty Tuesday at the execution of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. (Capital News Service photo by James B. Hale)

Seven years after a shooting spree that terrorized the Washington region, John Allen Muhammad, the Beltway sniper, is executed.

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